Jones wins after low blow

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MICHAEL JONES became the British light-middleweight champion last night when Jamie Moore was disqualified in the third round of their bout in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.

Jones, 30, had been rocked by a combination before Moore delivered a low blow. As Dave Parris, the referee, moved to separate the boxers, Moore landed a left hook that dropped Jones. But after Jones had regained his feet, he was unable to continue and Moore was disqualified.

“The ref said stop then he hit me,” Jones, who lost to Moore for the title last year, said. It was a second successive defeat for Moore,